Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 746 793 1112
Rank change year-on-year +47 +319 -228
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 149 159 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.16% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.49% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 124 121 97
10th Percentile £52,500 £27,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,809 £57,500 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,030 £54,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.57% -13.60% +19.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCSP.

Salary trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSP over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 131 £78,671 +21.03% 9
Work from Home +70 71 £79,842 +6.46% 7
UK excluding London -6 69 £64,030 +18.57% 8
London +133 67 £79,842 +18.28% 5
North of England +49 34 £79,842 -19.35% 1
South East -5 19 £57,500 +101.75% 1
North West -5 15 £79,842 - 1
Yorkshire +93 13 £79,842 -20.16%
North East -2 6 £79,842 -17.69%
South West -29 6 £50,000 -23.08%
Scotland - 6 £49,990 - 3
West Midlands +6 4 £79,842 +33.07%
Midlands -11 4 £79,842 +33.07% 1

CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 90 (60.40%) Azure
2 66 (44.30%) AWS
3 41 (27.52%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (11.41%) Microsoft Purview
5 14 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (9.40%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (9.40%) Cloud Computing
6 10 (6.71%) PaaS
6 10 (6.71%) SaaS
7 7 (4.70%) IaaS
8 4 (2.68%) GCP
9 2 (1.34%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.67%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 50 (33.56%) Firewall
2 48 (32.21%) WAN
3 34 (22.82%) SD-WAN
4 29 (19.46%) Network Security
5 22 (14.77%) TCP/IP
6 20 (13.42%) LAN
7 14 (9.40%) Wireshark
8 11 (7.38%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (4.70%) VPN
10 6 (4.03%) Internet
11 1 (0.67%) BGP
11 1 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.67%) Cisco IPT
11 1 (0.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.67%) Cisco Wireless
11 1 (0.67%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.67%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.67%) OSPF
11 1 (0.67%) VLAN
11 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Snyk
1 1 (0.67%) Vagrant
General
1 52 (34.90%) Finance
2 26 (17.45%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.77%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.72%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.71%) Legal
7 7 (4.70%) Law
8 5 (3.36%) Retail
9 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.34%) Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Automotive
12 1 (0.67%) Local Government
12 1 (0.67%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.67%) Marketing
12 1 (0.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 69 (46.31%) Architect
1 69 (46.31%) Security Architect
2 37 (24.83%) Lead
3 28 (18.79%) Senior
4 27 (18.12%) Lead Architect
4 27 (18.12%) Lead Security Architect
5 25 (16.78%) Analyst
6 24 (16.11%) Security Analyst
7 23 (15.44%) Security Engineer
8 13 (8.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 13 (8.72%) IT Architect
8 13 (8.72%) IT Security Architect
9 11 (7.38%) Consultant
9 11 (7.38%) Information Security Engineer
9 11 (7.38%) Security Consultant
9 11 (7.38%) Security Manager
9 11 (7.38%) Senior Architect
9 11 (7.38%) Senior Security Architect
10 10 (6.71%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (6.71%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.34%) OAuth
1 2 (1.34%) OpenID
1 2 (1.34%) SAML
2 1 (0.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 60 (40.27%) Management Information System
2 39 (26.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 39 (26.17%) Security Posture
3 15 (10.07%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (10.07%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (6.04%) Cloud Native
5 8 (5.37%) Cloud Security Posture
5 8 (5.37%) Cyberattack
6 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.68%) PKI
8 3 (2.01%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.34%) IoT
9 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.67%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.45%) Windows
2 14 (9.40%) Android
2 14 (9.40%) Apple iOS
3 8 (5.37%) Linux
4 1 (0.67%) Unix
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (68.46%) Information Security
2 65 (43.62%) Security Architecture
3 63 (42.28%) Cloud Security
4 61 (40.94%) Cybersecurity
5 49 (32.89%) Application Security
6 39 (26.17%) Security Operations
7 38 (25.50%) Identity Management
8 37 (24.83%) Incident Response
8 37 (24.83%) OWASP
8 37 (24.83%) SIEM
9 34 (22.82%) Secure Coding
10 33 (22.15%) Security Management
11 31 (20.81%) CI/CD
12 29 (19.46%) Identity Access Management
12 29 (19.46%) Roadmaps
13 26 (17.45%) Agile
13 26 (17.45%) Data Loss Prevention
13 26 (17.45%) Regulatory Compliance
14 24 (16.11%) Zero Trust
15 21 (14.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.75%) Python
2 17 (11.41%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.01%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 149 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 135 (90.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 132 (88.59%) CISSP
4 57 (38.26%) CISM
5 54 (36.24%) CCSK
6 51 (34.23%) Azure Certification
7 43 (28.86%) AWS Certification
8 42 (28.19%) Degree
9 29 (19.46%) CEH
10 19 (12.75%) SSCP
11 16 (10.74%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (10.07%) SANS
13 14 (9.40%) CCNP
14 12 (8.05%) Security Cleared
15 10 (6.71%) CompTIA CySA+
16 9 (6.04%) CISA
16 9 (6.04%) SC Cleared
17 8 (5.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 8 (5.37%) CCIE
17 8 (5.37%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (59.73%) NIST
2 48 (32.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (15.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (13.42%) PCI DSS
5 16 (10.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 14 (9.40%) GDPR
7 9 (6.04%) NIST 800
8 7 (4.70%) SOC 2
9 6 (4.03%) QA
10 5 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (3.36%) IASME
11 3 (2.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (2.01%) NCSC
12 2 (1.34%) ISO 22301
12 2 (1.34%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.67%) GRC
13 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
System Software
1 34 (22.82%) Docker
2 15 (10.07%) Active Directory
3 14 (9.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.67%) LXC
Systems Management
1 41 (27.52%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (22.82%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (9.40%) Nmap
4 6 (4.03%) CASB
5 3 (2.01%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (35.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.08%) Cisco
3 14 (9.40%) Qualys
3 14 (9.40%) Rapid7
3 14 (9.40%) Splunk
3 14 (9.40%) Thycotic
4 9 (6.04%) Netskope
4 9 (6.04%) Symantec
4 9 (6.04%) Zscaler
5 7 (4.70%) CheckPoint
5 7 (4.70%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (4.70%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.03%) Blue Coat
6 6 (4.03%) CA
6 6 (4.03%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.34%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.67%) Databricks
8 1 (0.67%) Google
8 1 (0.67%) iManage
8 1 (0.67%) Intel